Straight off of www.canlyme.com An excellent and highly regarded website to obtain information pertaining to Lyme Disease which has reached epidemic proportions in the US. Please go to this site if you are at all interested in educating yourself and your loved ones about Lyme Disease, how to prevent it, and what to do about it if you discover you have it, or want to investigate whether or not you might have it. TICK REMOVAL Perform a tick check and remove attached ticks: The transmission of B. burgdorferi (the bacteria that causes Lyme disease) from an infected tick is less likely to occur before 24 hours of tick attachment. For this reason, daily checks for ticks and promptly removing any attached tick that you find will help prevent infection. PHYSICIANS BEST REMOVAL METHOD OF LIVE TICK is the ....Intradermal Blister Technique This is where an injection of Xylocaine with Adrenaline is administered intradermally underneath the tick. It will generate a large blister at the site. Ticks will release their grip due to the lack of blood to feed on, and because of "positive pressure" from the temporary swelling. The tick will back out on its own in a short time. STRAW AND KNOT METHOD Use an ordinary drinking straw and place it at a 45 degree angle with one open end over the tick (the straw is simply being used as a guide to direct the knot). Next, take a length of thread and tie a loose knot at the top or midsection of the straw. Now, slide your knot down the straw to the site. Position the knot underneath the tick's belly, so that the knot will encircle the embedded part only. Slowly tighten the knot to close snugly around the jaws. Now, remove the straw and pull the thread in a steady upward motion. This will cause the tick to detach, without regurgitation. Images courtesy of CDC, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases. TWEEZERS also see here for a review of some methods Embedded ticks can also be removed using fine-tipped tweezers by place the ends of the tweezers as close to the skin as possible, squeezing them onto the mouthparts of the tick and pulling firmly and steadily backwards until the tick is removed. Any mouth parts that remain can be removed at the doctors office. DO NOT use petroleum jelly, a hot match, nail polish, or other products. Once the tick is out, via any of these methods, you may notice a small amount of blood at the bite site. It's either from the victim but more commonly the tick. In either case, it's best to at least wash the site well with an anti-bacterial saop. Follow up, when available, with an antiseptic. Taking preventive antibiotics after a tick bite: The relative cost-effectiveness of post-exposure treatment of tick bites far out weighs the danger and cost of not treating it. The doctors should make the decision based on what they would do if it was their child who was bitten. Therefore, treating persons who only have a tick bite is recommended. Individuals who are bitten by a deer tick should remove the tick promptly, and consult with their health care provider. Persons should promptly seek medical attention if they develop any signs or symptoms of Lyme disease. Strategies to reduce tick abundance: The number of ticks in endemic residential areas may be reduced by removing leaf litter, brush- and wood-piles around houses and at the edges of yards, and by clearing trees and brush to admit more sunlight and reduce the amount of suitable habitat for deer, rodents, and ticks. Tick populations have also been effectively suppressed through the application of pesticides to residential properties. Community-based interventions to reduce deer populations or to kill ticks on deer and rodents have not been extensively implemented, but may be effective in reducing the community-wide risk of Lyme disease. New approaches such as deer feeding stations equipped with pesticide applicators to kill ticks on deer, and baited devices to kill ticks on rodents, are currently under evaluation
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